On This Day: September 4 — Century Dispatch

Connecticut's GOP Kingmakers Plot Hoover-Tilson Ticket While Aviators Race to Their Graves

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

When Police Raids Went Too Far & Germany Crashed the League Party

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

The millionaire who challenged John L. Sullivan dies at sea (plus shark bet details inside)

The sun (New York [N.Y.])

A Russian Minister Dies, 55,000 Cyclists Revolt, and a One-Armed Man Walks Across America—Sept. 4, 1896

The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)

1886 Nebraska Republicans Call Convention: Meet the Machinery of Democracy on the Frontier

Lincoln County tribune (North Platte, Neb.)

When Portland Advertised Séances & Sold Pianos: Inside America's Centennial Year (Sept. 4, 1876)

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Gunshots and Gamblers: New Orleans in Chaos, September 4, 1866

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

Atlanta Burns, the Union Breathes: How One City Saved Lincoln's Election

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Inside the USS Tuscarora: When a Union Warship Charmed Ireland (and Britain Got Nervous)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

A General's Horse and a Congressman's Prison Debates: September 1861

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Million-Dollar Dredging Projects and Electric Oil Miracle Cures: What Washington Was Obsessed With in 1856

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

What Did America Actually Pay For? A Hidden 1846 Budget Reveals Westward Expansion's Real Cost

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])